{"id":95164,"date":"2025-12-24T21:09:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T21:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/95164\/"},"modified":"2025-12-24T21:09:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T21:09:10","slug":"ai-bill-of-rights-proposed-in-florida-senate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/95164\/","title":{"rendered":"AI ‘Bill of Rights’ proposed in Florida Senate"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a priority of Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Senate Republican on Monday filed a proposal dubbed the \u201cArtificial Intelligence Bill of Rights.\u201d<\/p>\n

The proposal (SB 482<\/a>), filed by Sen. Tom Leek, R-Ormond Beach, includes such things as steps to keep \u201charmful\u201d content from minors. It comes after DeSantis called for an AI bill of rights \u2014 and after President Donald Trump issued an executive order seeking to limit state-by-state regulation of the fast-growing technology.<\/p>\n

Leek\u2019s bill, which is filed for the legislative session that will start Jan. 13, addresses a variety of issues, such as establishing a \u201cright\u201d for parents to control children\u2019s interactions with artificial intelligence. It also says people have a right to know when they\u2019re communicating with a human or an AI system, and it sets rules about the unauthorized use of people\u2019s names, images or likenesses.<\/p>\n

The measure also says people have a right to know whether political advertisements were created in whole or in part with the use of artificial intelligence and would prohibit government agencies in Florida from contracting with AI firms tied to what is known as a \u201cforeign country of concern,\u201d such as China or Russia.<\/p>\n

Trump has drawn widespread attention for trying to curb state regulations on AI. But during an appearance Dec. 15 in Jupiter, DeSantis expressed confidence that Florida could go forward with his proposals and that state legislation would withstand a federal legal challenge.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven reading (Trump\u2019s order) very broadly, I think the stuff we\u2019re doing is going to be very consistent,\u201d DeSantis said. \u201cBut irrespective, clearly, we have a right to do this.\u201d<\/p>\n

READ MORE: New Florida law prohibits using AI to \u2018nudify\u2019 people<\/a><\/p>\n

Rather than preempting state laws, Trump\u2019s directive Dec. 11 required the U.S. Department of Justice to create an \u201cAI Litigation Council\u201d to review \u201conerous\u201d state laws that don\u2019t align with the White House\u2019s positions. States not in alignment could become ineligible for money intended to expand high-speed internet or face lawsuits.<\/p>\n

DeSantis also has called for legislation to try to prevent Floridians from getting hit with costs related to massive data centers needed for AI and other technology. He also wants to allow local governments to reject development of the centers, which require large amounts of electricity and water.<\/p>\n

Katie Betta, a spokeswoman for Senate President Ben Albritton, R-Wauchula, acknowledged in an email Monday that a separate bill is in the works about data centers.<\/p>\n

Another AI bill<\/p>\n

Leek\u2019s bill came after Rep. Christine Hunschofsky, D-Parkland, filed a bill (HB 659<\/a>) this month that includes requiring that users be notified when they are interacting with AI \u201ccompanion chatbots,\u201d with the notices required to say the chatbots \u201cmay not be suitable for some minors.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIncreasingly, we are seeing heartbreaking cases where young people form deep emotional bonds with AI companions that end up pushing them further toward self-harm,\u201d Hunschofsky said in a prepared statement Friday.<\/p>\n

DeSantis and lawmakers in recent years have passed two high-profile bills that put restrictions on online platforms \u2014 with both measures leading to legal battles.<\/p>\n

The tech industry groups NetChoice and the Computer & Communications Industry Association are challenging a 2021 law that includes preventing platforms from banning political candidates from their sites and requiring companies to publish \u2014 and apply consistently \u2014 standards about issues such as banning users or blocking their content.<\/p>\n

DeSantis and the Republican-controlled Legislature passed the law after Facebook and Twitter, now known as X, blocked Trump from their platforms after his supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.<\/p>\n

NetChoice and the Computer & Communications Industry Association also are fighting a 2024 law designed to prevent children from having access to certain social media sites. They argue the law violates the First Amendment.<\/p>\n

The law prevents children under age 14 from opening accounts on certain platforms, which court documents indicate could include platforms such as Snapchat, Instagram, Facebook and YouTube. Parents would have to give consent for 14- and 15-year-olds to have accounts on the platforms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In a priority of Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Senate Republican on Monday filed a proposal dubbed the \u201cArtificial…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":95165,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29,1443,115,50744],"class_list":{"0":"post-95164","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-florida","8":"tag-florida","9":"tag-florida-headlines","10":"tag-florida-news","11":"tag-legislature","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95164","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95164"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95164\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}